title: Building an evidence base in complementary and integrative healthcare for child and adolescent psychiatry.
abstract: Complementary and integrative strategies are widely used by families with children who have mental health diagnoses. The therapies used by these children include herbs, dietary supplements, massage, acupuncture, meditation, and naturopathy. The literature on efficacy of complementary and alternative approaches is of limited value, and studies are needed to test efficacy and safety. Interpretation of complementary and integrative health care studies for symptomatic management of mental health conditions is hampered by study design and methodological limitations. Well-designed, adequately powered, and suitably controlled clinical trials on promising complementary and integrative modalities are needed for children and adolescents with psychiatric conditions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Extramural Research, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. edwardse@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Emmeline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mischoulon
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rapaport
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stussman
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome